Airport type Public Elevation AMSL 768 ft / 234 m 2,000 6,562 Elevation 234 m | Operator Government 13/31 2,000 Code TNE Phone +81 997-27-5111 | |
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Location Tanegashima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan Address Japan, 〒891-3603 Kagoshima Prefecture, Kumage District, 中種子町増田２６９２−６４ | ||
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New Tanegashima Airport (新種子島空港, Shin Tanegashima Kūkō) (IATA: TNE, ICAO: RJFG), also known as Tanegashima Airport, is located in Nakatane, on Tanegashima, one of the Ōsumi Islands in southern Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.
The original Tanegashima Airport was opened on July 27, 1962 at a site approximately 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) southeast of the present airport. Although its runway was extended from 1,000 m (3,300 ft) to 1,500 m (4,900 ft) in 1973, it was not suitable to handle jet aircraft, and was closed on March 16, 2006, the day that the New Tanegashima Airport, with a 2,000 m (6,600 ft) runway was opened.
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